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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-07
A New Kind or Theatrical Gun.
powder.

A substitute for gunpowder, primarily
intended 10 replace the gunpowder used
on the stage, has been discovered. The
accidents which have happened to
actors from the discharge OF firearms
are SO frequent tina, any means of pre-
venting them would be boon to the
profession. M. Edouard Philippe, the
inventor, showed the adaptability of his
invention to the chassepot, the fusil
gras, 10 old musketoons, revolvers, and
toy pistols made of wood. The ex-
plOsiVe. fired at six PAGES, left no trace
on a sheet of white paper; whereas the
plug from an ordinary stage musket
left at that distance an ugly black
mark. The substance used by M
Philippe consists chiefly OF PHOSPHORUS,
and, the cartridge being exceedingly
thin, tho whole charge completely dis
appears. No trace Of it is to be found.
The detonatIon, on the other hand,
is as loud as that produced by gun
powder, the flame rs vivid, and the
smoke apparently as dense, but it has
the advantage of having no smell. 10
prove incontestably the innocuousness
Of his system, the inventor placed him
self in the center of q squad of twelve
men, who fired at him with their mus
kets only few inches away from his
head. Although the prevention of acct
dents on the stage was his first aim. M.
Philippa has higher objects in view.
Thus. he suggests that the "Battalions
S,olaires" shall be provided with his
invention, so that they may be able to
blaze away al small cost and with no
risk. Similarly, he reckons that firing
with blank cartridges costs the military
budget no less than 100000 francs a
year, whereas by his system the same
effect may be produced by the expend-
iture of 100000 francs Per annum =
London Telegraph.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-07
A SNAIL RACE.

I IN told that q foolish Frenchman.
as new for his ildness, has invented
the sport Of snail-racing. The course is
long, smooth board, at the end OF
which is q lighted candle. When the
room is darkened the snails naturally
begin to creep along the board toward
the flame. To make the race more i'm.
teresting, various obstacles are placed
across the board, as shown in the pic.
ture, and the fastest snails, SO to speak
are burdend with pellets ofclay'
This sort Of thing may do to amuse q
Frenchman whose time hangs heavy or
his hands; but the best excuse for it tina
l we heard Is verse, supposed to come
from the snalls themselves. Here it is:
Our motto is "Fsstina le,ts,"
And II 10 better than ten out of twenty:
For the latter you start, and the slower You 20
The sooner you'll learn who ia beaten, yol
knowl
-"Jaek-in-the Pulpit" ST. NICHOLAS for Jan
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-07
Lafayette's Americanism.

Lafayette identified himself so thor
oughly with those for whose indepen-
dence he fought that. when referring to
the revolution. he always spoke of him.
self as an American. One evening in
1924, while visiting Boston, Mrs. Josiah
Quincy said to him:
'"The American cockade was black
and white, was it not, generalP"
Eyes, madam" be replied; sit was
black at first, but when the French
came and joined as a0e added the white
in compliment to them"
At tue siege Of Yorktown, in the as
sault which fastened the surrender OF
Carnwallis, Lafayette and his American
division captured one redoubt some
minutes before the French carried the
redoubt assigned to them.
"You don't remember me generalr'
cried an old soldier, pressing through
the crowd assembled at the state house
to welcome Lafayette on his arrival in
Boston. Tins general looked at him
keenly, holding the hand of the old
man, who added:
81 was close to you when we stormed
our redoubt at Yorktown was Just
behind Captain Smith-you remember
Captain Smith, He was shot. through
the head just as he mounted the re-
doubt"
"Yes, yes, l rememberr' answered
Lafayette, his face lighting up. Poor
Captain Smith! But zoe beat the French :
We beat the French!
At the surrender of CORVALLIS the
American troops were drawn up on the
right and the French troops on the left
Of the road along which the British
army marched in solemn silence. La
fayette, noticing that the English SOL
diers looked only at the Frenchmen on
the left and ignored the American light
infantry, the pride of his heart, and be-
ing determined to bring their ''eyes to
the right" ordered the band to strike
up yankee Doodle"
Then" said he. narrating the
change, 'they did look at us, but were
not very we'll pleased. "-No9th's Conn
Dd31iOn
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-07
Attorney for Executor.
First Dec 81; last Feb. IL.
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

DEFAULT having been made in the condi-
- tons OF a certain mortgage executed by
Elizabeth Howe and Elijah Howe her husband
mOrtgagOrs, TO Rosa Kratch mortgage, dated
Office OF the Register OF Deeds in and for the
county of Blue Earth, in the State OF Mime
sofa, on the 18th day OF January, A. ID. 1877. at
g.. o'clock in the afternoon, in book b OF mort
cages, on page $50, by which mortgage there
was conveyed and granted the following des-
cribed real estate sitpate in the county OF
I2l. in block npmber one hundred and eighty
@Ecc t.s;1 q West MaDkato. the 7SaR5 is
known and designated on the plat thereof du-
ly recorded in the Office of thu Regis of
Deeds in and for said Blue Earth county, TO
secure the payment OF the sum OF four hun
dTed and nifty dollars, with interest at the
rate of ten per cent per annum Until paid, &C
cording 10 the conditions OF a pr1missory note
bearing date Sept 3, 1876; made by said Eliza
beth Howe TO said Ros. Kratsch, and there
being due and unpaid upon said note and
mortgage at the date of this notice the sum of
six hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.
And no action or proceeding at law or other
wise having been instituted TO recover the
amount of said mortgage debt or any part
thereof Now therefore, notice is hereby
given that by virtue and IN pursuance of u
power OF sale in sand mortgage contained and
herewith recorded, and OF the statute in such
case made and provided, the above described
premises will he sold at public auction, at the
front door Of the office of the Register Of
Deeds i'm and for said county of Blue Earth,
and AT the City Of Mankato therein, on
Saturday, the 18th day of February,
A. ID. 1857. al 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to
satisfy the amount Of said mortgage debt then
due and unpaid, together with the costs and
expenses of such foreclosure proceeding, in
Guiding twenty five dollars attorneys fees as
stipulated in said mortgage; and the said
mortgage will be thereby fOreclOsed.
Dated MankatO, Mimi, Dec. 18th, 1886.
ROSA KRATSCH, Mortgage.
FREEMAN & pau,
Attorneys for Mortgage.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-07
Manipulating a Fire Alarm.

Saw citizen trying to ring in firs
alarm the other forenoon. He had 9
key 10 the box, and he had the key in
his hand as he hurried up. The tirst
move he made was to put the key in his
pocket and pull out pocket-knife. This
was followed by handkerchief, his
wallet and bunch of keys. He tried
four Yale KEYS in the big lock, danced
around the box twice, and then got hold
of the right key. tried to push it in
wropg-slde up. and finally dropped II
into the mud and yelled Fire. ct the
top Of his voice. Another key-holdel
came over TO the box. swung the door
open, pulled down the lever. and boom
boom! wsntNths City Hall bell Tel
you WHAT said the first nan as the
engines began 10 arrive, ''lf | hadn'i
been in the store when tho boy came
and said there was fire this whole
block might have gomez
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-07
The Lost Bracelet.

One evening when Napoleon i. was
In all his glory, there was a grand gala
production at the Grand Opera. How
many reigning Kings and Princes occu-
pied the boxes and balconies it is i'm
possible for me to estimate; the very
seats usually occupied by the claqueurs
were filled with noblemen,
The Princess Borghese, the beautiful
and accomplished Pauline, sparkled and
shone in her box, eclipsIng all around
her by the splendor of her loneliness, as
the sun does its satellites by the bril-
liancy of Its rays. On her neck she
wore a necklace. the diamonds and
massive pearls Of which. intertwined
and blended with transcendent art, still
further enhanced her Incompatible
brilliancy. When she entered her box
there was murmur of general admira-
ton.
The emperial box opened in Its turn
and the master Of the world appeared,
saluted by these Kings and Princes with
a formidable cry of "Vive rEmpereurr'
1t was generally remarked that the
Empress seemed unable to take her
eyes of her sister-in-law. and appeared
to be fascinated. dazzled, like the other
occupants OF the vast auditorium, with
the marvellous brilliancy of the neck
lace. Suddenly the box of the Princess
Borghese opened and q yonng Major
presented himself, wearing the brilliant
blue and silver uniform of the aldes-de-
camp of the Emperor's staff. ..Her
Majesty, the Empress, said he, bowlng
Inn asol he .f,,I l.
worn by your Imperial Highness. and
has expressed the liveliest desire to ex-
anime it closer" The beautiful Pauline
made q sign to one of her ladies OF
honor. who unclasped and detached the
necklace from the Princess neck and
placed it in the hands of the staff officer.
The latter bowed gravely and disap-
peared. This episode occurred toward
the middle of the second act The
entr' acte came and passed away. The
third act concluded in its turn. The
fourth act came and passed, and the en-
tertainment concluded yet still the neck
lace was not returned.
The Princess Borghese took this for a
characteristic freak of Marie Louise's.
Next day. however, she asked if the
| n0ckldce naU pItdsou IDo EtuprcSS anu
whether she had found the setting and
arrangement of the jewels to her taste.
The Empress was thunderstruck, for
she had not seen it and had sent no
officer for 1t as described. Napoleon
deigned to mix himself up in the affair.
He had the names of all the staff officers
on duty the preceding evening ascer-
tanned. And then one by one, under
some pretext or other, he had them call
ed before his sister. She did not recog-
nize one of them. They summoned the
Prince of Otrante, Minister of Police.
A long council was held. Everything
possible was done, but in vain. The
unfortunate Fouche was ready to tear
his hair in despair He set his keenest
bloodhounds at work. His best detec-
tives were literally worn off their legs,
without result. AS to their imperial
master, he was literally bubbling over
with rage, and was almost on the point
of thrashing his Chief of Police. But
neither the necklace (Which was worth
nearly a million) nor the audacious
thief was ever seen again-Home Jour-
nal,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-07
Saved His Life.

Mr.. ID. /. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave,
KY, says he was, for many years, badly
afflicted with Phthisic, also Diabetes;
the pains were almost uncomfortable and
would sometimes almost throw him in
to commissions: He tried Electric Bit
tiers and got relief from the first bottle
y cured, and had gained IN flesh eight
lieves he would have died, had it not
been for the relief afforded by Electric
Ritters. Sold at fifty cents bottle by
]. r. Jones.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-07
First ms. Dec. 81; last Jan. 81.
PROBATE NOTICE.

CSTATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
- Earth-ss. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the guardianship of David
w. Evans, Richard G. Evans, William ii
Evans, Evan A. Evans, Walter ). Evans, Jen-
ME NJ. Evans and Annie L. Evans, minors.
Or reading and filing the petition Of Jane
Evans, guardian of the persons and prop
erty of the above named minors for license
to sell the real estate of her said wards; and
il appearing from said petition that il is
necessary and would he beneficial TO said
wards that said real estate, or a part thereof,
should be sold
II is ordered, that the next of kin OF the said
wards; and all persons interested in the estate
of said wards shall appear before said Probate
Court, at the Probate Office in the city OF Man.
katO in the county of Blue Earth aforesaid, on
the 18th day Of February, A. ID. 1857, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon, TO show cause why a
license should not be granted for the sale of
said real estate.
And il is further ordered that copy OF this
Orre- he personally served on the next OF kin
OF said wards residing in said Blue Earth cOun-
", and on all persons interested in said estate,
at least fourteen days before the hearing OF
said petition as aforesaid, and by the publica-
ton thereof for four successive weeks in the
MsnkatO FREE PRESS, a weekly newspaper
printed and published at the City OF MankatO
in said Blue Earth county, the last of which
publications shall be at least fourteen days be-
fore SAID day of hearing, and all other persons
interested, according to law.
Dated December 30th, 1885.
By the Court,
CIV. MEAD.
Judge OF PROBATE
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-07
SHE CAME AND WENT.

She came and went, as comes and goes
The dewdrop on the morning rose.
Or as the tender lights that die
At shut of day along the sky.
her coming made the dawn more bright,
Her going brought the somber night;
Her coming made the blossoms shine,
Her going made them dropp andpjne.
Where'er her twinkling feet did pass,
beneath them Rreener grew the grass;
The song-birds ruffiled their small throats
To swell for her their blithest notes.
But when she went, the blushing day
Sank into silence chill and gray,
The dark Its sable vans unfurled,
And sudden night possessed the world.
D fond desires that wake I'm vainI
She ne'er will come TO us again;
And now, like vanished perfume sweet,
Her memory grows more vague and fleet.
Yet we rejoice that morn by morn
The sad old world seems less forlorn,
Since once 80 bright vision came
To touch our lives with heavenly flame,
And show to our bewildered eyes
What beauty dwells in paradise
Jamaa n Kenvo,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-07

A doctor has been deploring before
the French Academy of Medicine that
young France will not take to outdoor
recreation. He wants to see strong
and healthy manhood and not fiabby,
weak-kneed jeaRes gems. Bicycling has
recently been introduced. but has not
made much Progress. Pierre and Paul
prefer to spend their time in a cafe or a
brasserie, with their coffee, their fem
mes, their cards and domlnoes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-07
First ins. Dec. -; last ins. Jan. II.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County OF Blue
~ Earth-ss. In Probate Court.
I'm the matter OF the estate of POlina X
Witt, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims and demands against the estate of Pc
lima X. Witt, late of the county OF Eaton, State
Of Michigan, deceased, that the Judge of the
Probate Court OF said Blue Earth county will
hear, examine and adjust claims and demands
against said estate. at his office in the city OF
MankatO in said Blue Earth county. on the
3Oth day of July 1857, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon of that day and that seven months
from the date hereof. have been limited and
allowed 10y said Probate Court for creditors TO
present their claims.
Dated December 23rd, 1886.
G. W. MEAD,
1ndUa Of kJrnbato
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-07
First ms. Dec. "a; last Jan.
PROBATE NOTICE.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth-ss. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Daniel A
Jones, deceased.
On production of a writing purporting TO be
duly authenticated copy of the will of Daniel
A. Jones, late of the city of Chicago. in the
State of Illinois, deceased, and the probate
thereof in Cook Dunty State of Illinois, to
gether with the application for the filing and
recording of said copy and probate thereof as
the last will and testament of said Daniel
A. Jones. deceased.
IL is ordered that the proofs of said instru-
ment be heard before this court At the Probate
Office in the city of Mankato in said Blue Earth
county ON the 2sth day OF January, 1857, al
10 o'clock in the forenoon OF that day, when all
concerned may appear and contest the pro-
bate of said inst rument.
Ii is further ordered that notice of the time
and place of said hearing be given by publica-
ton Of such notice for three weeks previous
Ia said day OF hearing in the Mankato FREE
PRESS, a weekly newspaper, printed and pub
Iished at Mankato in said Blue Earth county
Dated December I'D, 1886.
By the Court,
G. w. MEAD,
Judge of Probate
JNo. c. NOE.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-07

When Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoris
When sho became Miss, she chung to CastoriA,
Whsn she had Children, shs gave than CastOriA
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-07
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PRICE, Gl-o5-
First ins Dec. IL; last Jan. !
PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
- Earth. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate Of Albert Il.
Williams, deceased.
The state of Minnesota and the said Probate
Court to all persons interested in the estate of
Albert T. Williams, deceased. Greeting:
You and each 81 you are hereby cited and
required personally TO be and appear before the
Judge of Probate Court of the county of Blue
Earth. at his office in the city OF Mankato In
said county on the 2lst day of January, 1857
at ten O'Clock in the forenoon of that day, then
ana ther9 To attend the final settlement Of the
account of Lysander Cook, administrator of
the estate of the said Albert Il. Williams,
deceased. and the distribution of said estate,
In testimony whereof l have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal OF the Probate
Court this 18th day of December, A. ID. lss6.
q. w, MEAD,
lSeall Judge of Probate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-07
WHY BIZ WITHOUT rRw
KING OF EkGYcl. 6PEDIAR

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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-04-14

The Car-on !u.loX aF-: \ move
nlcnt i. On loot 30 iiiar- he coming
law-make.- 70 oii.r a,t,u..lnu jpI. h.
discovery oi minera caring !oIg- in
any part oi he af,0f Nevada. the
amount TO he contir-'- onthe known
value of the, ore. | nu.t 9c.u 90
every ON "a -opd deposition. ans.
nothing could add AIoe 10 the brue.i
of the >tI.r. ,5r whenser prouiinale
mines air t.-~.1 E,.e railroads NIil
extend thereto and n taxable prop
crty ol trs. -faf, hretit'r.d in 4'He.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-04-14

worst. Ii much that isprovided prove
to be unnecessary, it will have been
found a cheap insurance-if nothing
more.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-30
STORY Of A NEWSPAPER.
HOW 1T AWAKENED THE LATENT AMB1-
TIoN OF A LITTLE GIRL.

Her Happy Mnrriage---Her Enno'
bling and Elevating Influence
Over Her Husband---Their Chill
drcn Rise to PrOmtncncc---TheS
Bless the Day that Brought 10
their Doors n Stray!2 Copy OF II
Newspaper.
This story which was written by
Miss N. Jane Barmore, of this county,
was put in competition for the prizes
offered by the Press and Banner last
summer, and was awarded the second
premium.
Believing that there are hundreds of
boys and girls in Abbeville county
whose natural abilities entitle them to
higher places in society than they now
occupy, and that. if they we're encour-
aged to make the effort, might reach
distinction in the future, the Press and
Banner has determined to publish this
story in an extra sheet and send it
abroad in the hope that by reading it
the latent ambition may be awakened
in the breast of at least some such boy
or girl to break the fetters of ignor.
ance in which they are bound by the
thoughtlessness and Indifference of their
parents, in the matter of providing
for them entertaining and instructive
reading in the form Of good newspa-
per.
Extra copies of this sheet may be
had on application to the office of the
Press and Bonner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-30

THE TIME WHEN OUR PEOPLE DID
NOT SUBSCRIBE FOR NEWsPA-
PERs-TuEIR LIMITED EDUCA-
TION.
Forty odd years ago it was the GUS
tom with majority of the we'll to do
farmers in the upper portion of South
Carolina to educate only their physi-
cally delicate sons, but those of their
boys who gave promise of muscular
vigor, after acquiring at the best old
field schools the art of writing tolera-
bly, legible hand, and being sufficiently
advanced in figures to be able to solve
the most of the problems in Fowler's
or SMILES Arithmetic; and could read
a little better than their mothers or
grown up sisters, in the New York
Reader, were considered as fully equip.
ped for the struggles Of life, at least
in an educational point of view.
Then with joyous hearts would they
enter upon the settled avocation Of
their lives and when fairly athome be-
tween the plowhandles, or when telling
the native forests, were seldom if ever
troubled with the thought that they
might, if they only desired it, improve
their education by reading.
And as for the girls-the idea Of
sending them to college was too utter
ly preposterous to be thought of.
They were considered as sufficiently
educated when they knew ,he multi
plication table and could, by spelling
out the "hard words" make out TO read
a little in a simple reader. Of course
they must know the multiplication
table, in order that they might be
able to calculate, correctly, the number
Of threads necessary for the warp of
web Of cloth, and it iwas impor-
tant that they know how to read their
Bibles-anything beyond this was
considered as altogether superfuous.
All general rules, however, admit of
exceptions, and John Wells and his
wife were the exceptions in the COM
munity then familiarly termed, by the
more enlightened portion of the coun-
ty, "The Nation" name which still
clings to that portion of Abbeville
county where lived the principal per-
sonages mentioned in this story.
Julia Hollands 3 father was post mas.
ter of the postoffice in that, then, be-
nighted locality. One cold dreary
day in the winter of 1910 the Green
viNe Moals,taianeer reached that OBJ
soure Office. It Was addressed to the
post master who was requested to act
as agent in obtaining subscribers.
"Ha, ha, ha," laughed the post
master after casually perusing its con-
tents.
my neighhors would call me fool
were ] to ask them to subscribe for a
newspaper"
mo, no, Mr.. Editor, we have no
time to read newspapers over here"
Then with yawn and stretch of
his limbs, he threw the paper on the
table, saying:
II must go and see how the
hands are getting on with their clear-
ing in the new ground"